Waterproof material and method of producing the same



Oct. l, 1940- E. T. wlLsoN 2,215,306

WATERPROOF MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Filed NOV. 29, 1938afenfed oci. 1, 1940 2,216,306

WATRPROF MATERIAL AND METHOD F g c PRODUCING THE SAME Edwin T. wilson,menester, N. Y., assigner u A & S Ribbon Company, New York, N. Y., acorporation of New York l Application November 29, 19.38, Serial No.243,041 2 Claims. (Cl. 4124) ribbon when spraying the tied bouquets,corsages Fig. 4 is a viewillustrating a rolled sheet of the 5. and thelike and thereby producing an eifective waterproof material ready to becut into ribbons i and attractive ribbon which may be tied in bowV ofdesired widths or all of the same width orl or other formation inassociation with the bouwhich may be unrolled and otherwise cut intoquets, corsages or the like. ribbons. lo Another object of the inventionresides in the Fig. 5 is a view illustrating the decorative provision ofa decorative waterproof ribbon for waterproof material used for coveringand decocovering unsightly terra cotta types of flower pots rating terracotta or other flower pots, illustrator the like, to conceal the same,so that sprayed ing the application `of the invention when used water ordripping water incident to watering the for wrapping the flower pots andalso illustrat- 15 plants or flowers in the pots will not mar or ing theapplication of a tying ribbon about the discolor the wrapper tied by.waterproof ribbon wrapper as one means for maintaining the Wraporotherwise maintained about the pot. per on the flower pot.

A further object of the invention goes to the Fig. 6 illustrates arectangular blank, although method of preparing the material for theabove-` it may not necessarily be rectangular in formazo mentionedpurposes and which consists of the tion, used for flower pot covering.use of lawn sheeting, muslln or any other suitable In carrying thepresent invention into pracwoven fabric in relatively wide sheets. Thesetice, I take a relatively long and wide sheet 4of sheets are coated onboth flat faces with celluclosely woven fabric, such as lawn'sheetlng,muslosic material, such as pyroxylin possessing a c llin or the like l,and coat the opposite flat faces 25' oring agent and the color on bothflat faces Obi of this fabric material with pyroxylin or cellulose thefabric material may be the same or of differ# 2 possessing a coloringagent. The coloring on ent colors, depending upon tastes. This coatingboth of thev at faces of the fabric may be the of the opposite sides orfaces of the fabric sheets same, or the color effect on one flat facemay be by payroxyln or other suitable waterproof mateof a differentcolor effect than that of the oppo- 30 rial may be applied to the fabricin any wellsite flat' face. This coating of the opposite flat knownmanner. The separate waterproof sheets faces of the fabric sheets bypyroxylin 0r other may be rolled in a rolled condition and cut bysuitable colored waterproof material may be apany suitable cutting meansinto ribbons of deplied to the fabric in any well-known manuel', Sil'edWidths 01` the Prepared material may be and it is embossed on both flatsides of the fabric. u otherwise cut into strips, squares or othersheets material to give the fabric material a sheen or for the purposeof providing ribbons for various the appearance of a glossy or satinniShpurposes or wrappers for flower pots or for other After providingnarrow ribbon strips 3, the tying 0r Wrapping Purposes. edges of theribbon stripy material are embossed With these and other objects inview, the inas at l to give the appearance of a ribbon woven o ventionconsists in the methods herein recited on a narrow loom and to preventfraying at the and in the construction and novel arrangement edges ofthe ribbons, as well as to give the general of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated appearance of Woven fabric. The edge embossing inthe accompanying drawing and pointed out may be accomplished through themedium of in the .Claims hereto appended. it being undelpressure rollersthrough which the ribbon strip -SSOOd that ValOuS Changes in themethods, fOIm, material is passed, or in any other suitablemanproportions and minor details of construction, ner. 'This embossingof theeedges of the ribbon Within the scope of the claims, may beresorted strips by superposing embossing on the previously t0 W'ihOutdeparting flOm the Spirit 01 SaCI'iembossed flat faces of the materialeffects a comficing any of the advantages of the' invention. pacting ofthe libres and the coating at the edges 50 Aof a decorative ribbon forthe florist trade, de-

signed particularly for tying bouquets, corsages or the like and withoutdanger of spotting the In the drawing: Fig. 1 is a plan View of a sheetof fabric having waterproof material applied thereto on both sides stripcut from the waterproof sheet material, illustrating the embossed edgesof the ribbon strip.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a ribbon strip 'as cut from the waterproofsheet material taken along the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

of the ribbon strips, strengthening the edges, preventing fraying of theedges of the strip material. Where the edges of a ribbon strip at oneside are first embossed and the material turned over to emboss theopposite edges of the other flat side of the strip, some of the grainsof the coating material are forced out of the first embossed side andinto the body of the material and gives a duller color effect along theembossed edges of the flat side first embossed than along the edges ofthe other flat side, resulting in an additional coloring effect inaddition to strengthening the edges and preventing fraying of the edgesof the material. v

After preparing the sheets of fabric as aforesaid, the separate sheetsmay be rolled tightly, and in a tightly rolled condition, cut by anysuitable cutting means into ribbons 3 of desired widths and Where theribbons are of lengths longer than necessary the same may be cuttransversely in any suitable manner to provide suitable lengths ofribbons for the purposes desired. If preferred, the ribbons may be cutfrom the flat treated sheets by use of scissors or knives of suitablecutting mechanism rather than resort to cutting of the material in theaforesaid tightly wound condition.

When the material is used for decorating the common terra cotta types 0fflower pots to conceal the latter, a square or other shaped piece ofmaterial is cut from the Waterproofed sheets. For instance, in Fig. 6there is shown a rectangular form of wrapper 6 and the flower pot isgenerally placed centrally of the wrapper, as for instance, at thedotted line formation l in the center of the wrapper and then thewrapper is folded, generally by hand, about the pot in a pleatedcondition, extending above the edges of the pot to completely concealthe latter and then the folded wrapper is generally tied with a cord,but in this instance, by one of my waterproof ribbons 3, as shown inFig. 3. The edges of the flower pot wrapper may be edged as in thedescribed way in which the ribbons may be edged if desired.

The invention provides for a very attractive display of flowers onstands or in homes and the .waterproofing characteristics of the ribbonsand wrappers prevents unsightliness due Vto water spots incident towatering or spraying the owers and as cut flowers in the form ofbouquets and corsages are frequently sprayed with Water, the tapes orother elements heretofore used for tying the ibouquets or corsages havebecome spotted or marred and unsightly and it is for this reason that Ihave provided the new type of tie and Wrapper for use particularly inthe orist trade.

What is claimed is:

1. As a new article oflmanufacture, a piece of fabric having coextensivecoating of cellulosic material embossed on the opposite fiat facesthereof and having the opposite faces of the coated embossed piece offabric embossed along opposite edges of both flat faces over theembossed flat faces to strengthen the material at the edges and toprevent fraying of the material at the edges thereof, a portion of thecellulosic coating material along one edge of the piece of fabric beingforced into the interstices of the fabric along said edge.

2. The herein described method of preparing pieces of material forvarious uses which consists in coextensively coating both flat faces ofa piece of fabric with cellulosic material, then embossing the coatedpiece coextensively on both sides thereof, embossing the marginalregions of the piece of fabric on one flat face thereof along one edgeover the previous embossing, embossing the marginal regions of the pieceof fabric on the opposite flat face along the opposite edge thereof overthe initial embossing and forcing a portion of the cellulosic materialalong said rstmentioned edge into the fabric material to produce a dullcolor effect along said edge and to strengthen the edge and preventfraying of the material thereat.

l EDWIN T. WILSON.

